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#BBB034

#bbb034 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbb034 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 69.02% green and 20.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 72.19% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 55.11°, with 56.49% saturation and 46.86% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.83.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4186

Complementary

  1. #bbb034
  2. #343fbb

Split complementary

  1. #bbb034
  2. #3482bb
  3. #6c34bb

Analogous

  1. #bb6c34
  2. #bbb034
  3. #82bb34

Triadic

  1. #bbb034
  2. #34bbb0
  3. #b034bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbb034
  2. #3fbb34
  3. #343fbb
  4. #b034bb

Square

  1. #bbb034
  2. #34bb6c
  3. #343fbb
  4. #bb3482

Monochromatic

  1. #433f13
  2. #7f7823
  3. #bbb034
  4. #d5cc67
  5. #e5e0a3

Shades

#bbb034 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbb034
  2. #a89e2f
  3. #968d2a
  4. #837b24
  5. #706a1f
  6. #5e581a
  7. #4b4615
  8. #383510
  9. #25230a
  10. #131205
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbb034 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbb034
  2. #c2b848
  3. #c9c05d
  4. #cfc871
  5. #d6d085
  6. #ddd89a
  7. #e4dfae
  8. #ebe7c2
  9. #f1efd6
  10. #f8f7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbb034 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbb034
  2. #b5ab3c
  3. #afa643
  4. #a9a24b
  5. #a39d52
  6. #9e985a
  7. #989362
  8. #928e69
  9. #8c8a71
  10. #868578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3ae8d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0aa1e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3b03d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9a498 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #beac29 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0b039 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4a97c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbb034 {
  color: #bbb034;
}
Background
.bg-bbb034 {
  background-color: #bbb034;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbb034 {
  border: 2px solid #bbb034;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbb034;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 176 52;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 56% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbb034 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb034, #82bb34);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbb034 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 176 52 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.83 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.64 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.67 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.12 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.39 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 10.00 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.29 #444fcb Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Brass
#bbb034  rgb(187, 176, 52)  hsl(55, 56%, 47%)  Brass
#343fbb  rgb(52, 63, 187)  hsl(235, 56%, 47%)  Persian Blue
#34bbb0  rgb(52, 187, 176)  hsl(175, 56%, 47%)  Tiffany Blue
#b034bb  rgb(176, 52, 187)  hsl(295, 56%, 47%)  Purpureus